2.26.2010

One of many awesome picture from a site I just discovered called I Hate My Parents. I cannot wait to do this to my kid. Ewwww, if they only knew the unending potential. They can thank the 90's. Ding. Ding. Ding. Let the brainstorming begin.

2.25.2010

Monica (yep I'm talking about monica on this blog) just dropped a new single that samples a very well known song from the 80's that my momma use to play on repeat.

Deniece Williams. Silly.

vs.

Monica.

No normally, I would ask...who did it better. But it's not that type of blog post. I want to chronicle Monica's career for a second or two. Remember the early 90's? Blissful, right? Remember the first album, Miss Thang. Yeah...I owned it. I use to crank the song "Angel" on full blast and sing out loud like I was a girl. Dont Take it Personal was the epitome of how hip-hop/r&b was made in the 90's. Monica was young. The song's weren't deep...cause she hadn'texperienced life yet. But she could sing.

Then she got classy (and sexy) in the late 90's. She was dropping tracks like Angel of Mine and Street Symphony. Remember when she completely out sang Brandy on her own track? Monica is a true and talented singer. Then...she kinda disappeared from the mainstream. She had a few club songs. But she kinda fell into the underground circuit of R&B singers, singing to a niche. Sure, I heard a person here and there who would promote her new album, so I knew she was still around. But everything I heard from her all sounded the same. With an array of weaves and "I'm going clubbing shirts", she let the world know she was a southern girl (and a little hood at that). Then she dropped that sh*t with Keiysha Cole. And to that, I say "Hell Naw." I mean....Keiysha Cole hasn't made a memorable track since her debut song "Love" (in my opinion) and I'm pretty sure that was a fluke. So that collabo was a real bust, as well as the song.

And here we are today. She is making music like the video above. And it's brilliant. The song is well put together. She sounds great. She look's hot (giant side weave and all). Not to sure about the stalker themed video, but overall Welcome Back Monica *finger crossed* for your new album. And I just wanted to write a throwback blog post about Monica. Now we patiently await the return of Brandy.

And this translates into a positive thing how? Are you saying that everyone who goes there has a small penis? Or are you saying that going to other countries makes you have a bigger one. See the details at Agency spy. Not sure how legit it is....but on the bright side, I got to use the word Penis in a head line. Boyakasha.

I swear. Other countries be getting away with some crazy ass sh*t in the ad making game. Preteens giving blow jobs to middle aged men as an hyperbole for smoking. The Line: “To smoke is to be a slave to tobacco.” I'm not even sure I get what they are saying. Is giving blow jobs similar to slavery. Cause if so......________. The image by itself reads like your just doing this dirty old man a favor. I dunno.

Granny is the star of a short film that was written and performed by Kathleen O’Rourke, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Brown Bag Films in 2008. It has screened in numerous festivals and won several awards. It...I mean she was recently nominated for an Oscars. She is probably (hopefully) a little darker- scorned by a life of rage and misfortune, but hysterical and deserves whatever accolades come her way. Check out her little Christmas warning below.

"....to destroy you." If you didnt laugh, you have no sense of humor.

Granny O Grimm maybe a little old, but she has her own website and is on Facebook and twitter. This is the only time I condone twitter use. Go forth wisely.

I'm not sure if there is anything else I can say about this phenomenon that I haven't said on this blog already. It's disrespectful. It's purposely done to create engagement. It's also only done...because they know they can get away with it by calling it "fashion." Racial identity is being mocked. And black talent is being disenfranchised. It's gross.

2.22.2010

If you cant get away with a "jusssttt kidddinnnnggg, hugz" whilst lunging in for a neck nuzzle (no matter the resistance), like I do to get away with stuff with my girl friend.... You can geek it up with this pro Mac letter press card.

"I've lived 27 years of my life and I have self worth and I know what I am as a person," Davis said on the eve of the Vancouver Games. "I don't need anyone to define that for me if they're paying attention to me once every four years, or just these two weeks of the Olympics.

"Sleep with him, cuddle with him, use him as a neck rest, the Edward Manllow is there to be your man and pillow all in one."

Maybe now, that weepy b*tch Bella can stop moaning and groaning over him warming her bed at night....and Edward Cullen can get to doing what Vampire's do best. No...not sucking blood, BUT fighting other supernatural forces in slow motion. Duuuuhhhhh.

I've have already admitted that I do not watch the winter Olympics. But it is everywhere. So yes, I watched that Black Guy win speed skating-(and I've been compared to him at my office already-I'm light skinned by the way). And yes, I know who Shaun White is (he spells his name correctly...so obviously the best). I even caught the Chinese wins in pair skating (slow Sunday night with no cable). Apart from that...I am completely out of the loop. But I was just walking around my office and I saw a group huddled around a monitor. So like a natural office worker, I join the crowd to banter. And they are watching how 3 female ski jumpers bit it hard on the course. I cant find the video...but it looked a little something like this:

Yep...that's a helicopter.

So I'm watching this...and people were like "Oh they made the hill to high. And that's what caused them all to busted their asses." Now, I don't know if that is true or not (I don't even know the name of the event). But I was forced to think "So you 'train' for years to come and do a sport on an international level and then you f*ck up cause someone didn't build the course right?"

I know, I know. There's a rebutle to that. "Shaun, that is what makes winter sports so interesting." And this would be a valid argument. Except then I found out about that Georgian guy who died prcaticing to participate in his luge event: NodarKumaritashvili. Yep, killed....practicing. He hadn't even competed yet. He was from a legacy of luge competitors and the first thing that came out of his dads mouth and the Olympic Committee's mouth is that the course is "too fast." Too fast?

Let's get serious here. People are throwing their bodies onto and down hill iced slip and slide....for the Olympics. And you are just now figuring out that the course maybe to fast? Get the fuck out of here. Sport is something you control. It's you training your body to do exactly what it needs to do (or more) for your own personal accomplishment. Your body and your ability should not be left in the hands of a mystical 3rd party. Especially when you are making it a competition (aka The Olympics).

Now there are videos circling the Internet of this travesty. It will never make it to this blog- because are not an extension of the Saw franchise. I feel horrible for that young athlete ad his family. And every other athlete that is putting their bodies on the line for these made up courses and events that have no rules or guides. Noderwas NOT the only one in the history of the Winter Games.

And that....is the difference b/t the Winter Olympics and the Summer. In my opinion. Get it together Winter Olympic committee. Whether you live or not through the Olympics shouldn't be a talking point. The key work here is games. Games.